About Employment Law
We know that employment law is a fast-paced world and that staying on top of all the latest legal developments is a time-consuming job – add this to the time you spend carrying out research and tracking down the right precedents and you have really eaten into the precious hours in your working day.
Starting employment
We cover recruitment, employment contracts, policies, handbooks and more. It’s not just contracts though. Other documents may regulate the employment relationship, such as policies, procedures and collective agreements.
Managing the employment relationship
Sickness and absence is a common occurrence in an employment relationship that brings up multiple legal issues. We offer a range of resources with practical guidance and legal considerations.
TUPE, outsourcing, share. and asset purchases
TUPE 2006 will likely apply when acquiring businesses through an asset purchase. You’ll need to consider due diligence, consultation obligations, employees and liabilities transferred to the buyer.
Stay on top of changes
We know that employment law is a fast-paced world and that staying on top of all the latest legal developments is a time-consuming job – add this to the time you spend carrying out research and tracking down the right precedents and you have really eaten
Topics We Cover
Latest Employment News
Law360: Pleas to the UK government from businesses to scale back its employment law reforms appear to have gone almost entirely unheard after workers'...
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has published a report highlighting the need for enhanced workplace support for...
This edition of Employment weekly highlights includes: (1) proposed amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, (2) the government’s responses to...
On 6 March 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) v Costantine [2025] UKSC 9. In a...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has published the Companies (Directors' Remuneration and Audit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, currently...
Latest Employment Practice Notes
Military reservistsThis Practice Notes examines the special status of individuals who are members of the reserve forces, and the rights and...
Reconsideration of employment tribunal judgmentsA party who is dissatisfied with a judgment of an employment tribunal may appeal against the decision...
DeedsUnder English law, legally binding agreements can be made orally, in writing or by deed.This Practice Notice considers the circumstances in which...
Age, gender reassignment, race and sexThis Practice Note considers the definitions of the protected characteristics of age, gender reassignment, race...
Direct discriminationThis Practice Note examines direct discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010).This Practice Note contains references...
Latest Employment Precedents
Letter—agreement with volunteer [Archived]Dear [name of volunteer]Volunteer agreementThis letter sets out what we, [organisation name], and you, as a...
Statement—agreement with volunteer (short form)[Organisation name]: [Volunteer agreement][We appreciate your commitment to us and we will do our best...
Policy—harassment and bullying1Policy statement1.1[Insert name of employer] is committed to ensuring that all its staff are treated with dignity and...
Prohibited conduct: sample questions—age discriminationPart AStatement of facts1I have been working for the college as a lecturer since [insert...
Policy—menopause in the workplace1Introduction1.1[As set out in the Company’s [equality policy], the OR The] Company is fully committed to providing...
Latest Employment Q&As
Featured Employment content
The term of trust and confidence
The term of trust and confidenceThis Practice Note analyses the term or duty of mutual trust and confidence (in a fiduciary sense) implied or imposed...
Where an employee works compressed hours, ie the same number of hours as a ‘normal’ full-time employee over fewer days, how should the employer calculate holiday entitlement, and how should the employer treat bank holidays if they fall on a day when the ‘compressed hours’ employee does not usually work?
Letter—resignation from directorship
Letter—resignation from directorshipThe [Secretary OR Directors][insert company name][insert company address][Insert date]Dear [[insert name] OR...
Liability of employers for the acts of their employees and others
Liability of employers for the acts of their employees and othersThis Practice Note considers the test for an employer’s vicarious liability in tort,...
Rates of SMP, SSP, Maternity Allowance etc to be increased in April 2022
Employment analysis: According to a Written Statement to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and proposals set out in a...
Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)
Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)The right to notice means a right for the employee to remain in employment for the period of notice, not simply to be...
Unfair dismissal remedies—general
Unfair dismissal remedies—generalstyle="width: 100%">Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay)...
Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing
Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing[Insert date][Insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert address]To the [insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert...
Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)
Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)[to be typed on employer letterhead][Name of Employee][Address][Date]Dear [insert name of...
Definition of redundancy
Definition of redundancyThis Practice Note examines the two different statutory definitions of 'redundancy'.The first is found in the Employment...
Sick pay
Sick payThis Practice Note considers contractual sick pay (sometimes known as occupational sick pay) and entitlement to statutory sick pay (SSP) under...
Pre-employment checks
Pre-employment checksFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Under section 193 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (PCSCA 2022) the time it takes for...
Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissal
Definition of dismissal in unfair dismissalTo succeed in a claim of unfair dismissal, the claimant must establish that they were dismissed by the...
Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)
Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)[To be typed on headed notepaper of...
Letter—from employer to employee regarding hybrid working arrangements
Letter—from employer to employee regarding hybrid working arrangements[To be typed on headed notepaper of employer][Date]Dear [insert name of...
What happens to pension contributions when an employee is on Statutory Sick Pay?
The unfair dismissal compensatory award
The unfair dismissal compensatory awardAn award of compensation for unfair dismissal generally consists of a basic award and a compensatory award. The...
Does an employee who has taken unpaid leave accrue holiday entitlement during that period; and do periods of unpaid leave or long-term sickness absence affect the amount of holiday pay an employee should receive?
Associated legal terms
Breach of contract
When a party to a formal agreement (contract) breaks a condition (term) of that contract.
Collective agreements
An agreement entered into between a trade union and an employer about the pay and conditions of employees.
Collective redundancy consultation
A term used to describe the employer's statutory obligation to enter into collective information and consultation with its employees.
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